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j&crajw and jgacts. ; I -The Berlin correspondent of the Wireless Press, London, writes that : one of the most striking features of ,v- " >Uim?iAn <q the extent to ' llic UCMIiaii OIVUMMV.. .? which the majority Socialist party has lost touch with, and full control over, the mass of its supporters owing to its failure to achieve the wonders expected from the revolution, its leaders' apparent absorption by the old bureaucratic system and their isolation from the masses in consequence of their appointment to government or administrative posts. Herr Barth and other majority socialist leaders are now em- i phas.'zing their aspect of the situation and urging action to obviate the danger. ? The Chester News is in receipt of the following communication from v state highway commission: Mr. R. T. Brown, engineer in charge of surveys for the state highway commission, has returned to Columbia after a trip to Union, where he went to complete the plans for the bridge across Broad river at Lockhart, connecting Union and Chester counties. This Project has been approved by the secretary of agriculture, and federal funds to the amount of $22,434.09 have been secur ed for ic. xne Driape utruoa umuu river will be of the steel truss type with steel tressle approaches. The state highway commission has asked for bids on this job, which will be opened on April 1st. The Lockhart Mills at Lockhart made a large donation toward building this bridge, and Union and Chester counties have both made arrangements to pay their shares of the cost of construction. The conference between tho German and Allied delegates at Brussels, has resulted in an agreement that is entirely satisfactory to the Allies. The Germans have agreed to turn over all their merchant ships and the Allies have agreed to send the Germans 270,000 tons of food monthly until the next harvest, or as long as Germany abides the terms of the armistice. The conference was impersonal in the extreme. Vice Admiral Wemyss, British spokesman of the delegation, began by asking whether Germany proposed to abide the terms of the armistice, and the German under secretary of state, Von Braun, replied, "Yes." Then the arrangements were completed within a few minutes. The Germans were anxious to enlarge the monthly export of certain commodities, only to be met with the statement: **i regret lUC | world's shipping does not make this possible." In connection with a request for more condensed milk one of the Germans said that infant mortality had doubled within the past three months. The directors of the Federal reserve bank at Richmond have adopted the following in furtherance of the cotton holding movement: "Resolved, That the Federal reserve bank of Richmond approves of the movement to reduce the cotton acreage in the cotton raising portion of the fifth district, in cooperation with a similar movement in other districts, for the purpose of stabilizing the price of cotton, and that it will continue in the future the policy which it has always pursued in the past of assisting member banks to help their customers to carry cotton for the purpose of securing a fair opportunity to sell at a legitimate price. That in pursuance of this policy, it will continue to make to each member bank such discounts, advancements and accommodations upon paper eligible for rediscount, under the regulations of the federal reserve board, as may be safely and reasonably made, with due regards for the claims and demands of other member banks.'" ?Wage Increase for approximately 000 patrolmen and 1,000 lieutenants and sergeants comprising the railroad police force will be advanced, it has been announced by director general Hines. The increases are retroactive to last January 1 and were said to be In keeping with the advances given other railroad employees. The director general's order provides a minimum hourly rate of 45 cents an hour and a maximum rate of 55 cents an hour for patrolmen assigned to a restricted territory, with a minimum of eight hours a day and over time at the prorata for the ninth and tenth hours and time and one-half thereafter. These men formerly received monthly ? ? TTt* _ wage8 ranging rrom *ov iu ?uv. ^der the new rate they receive from $85 to $112 a month on an eight hour day basis. Proportionate increases but on a monthly basis are provided for lieutenants and for sergeants whose duties require traveling and whose _ hours can not be regulated. The regional director will have authority to apply the monthly wage according to the responsibility of the individual positions, y Medill McCormlck. Republican senator-elect from Illinois, has issued a statement assenting that any censorships upon the news from America to Great Britain and France could have been imposed only to prevent the publication of the opinion of the American people and the attitudes of senators toward the constitution of the league of nation. Europe must come to understand that Mr. Wilson is attempting a coup d'etat in defiance of the decision of the common people of America uttered in the last election, the statement said. Sixty senators of the total of 96 Democrats, as well as Republicans among them, share the opinion expressed by 39 signatories to the Knox-Lodge resolution. Mr. Hughes, Mr. Bryan, and even Mr. Taft, say that the constitution as proposed requires amendment. Mr. McCormick said the peace con ference should first make peace wnn Germany and then the president "ought to put"aside his pride" and invite Senators Lodge and Knox. Republicans, and Senator Hitchcock, Democrat to the peace conference to draft a league of nations plan which the American people and the senate could approve. Capt. Andre Tardieu of the French peace delegation held his usual veekly conference with the newspaper correspondents last Monday. Responding to an inquiry whether it is possible that the peace treaty will be signed by March 31. Capt Tardieu said he * - "inlto lm. believed sucn a cumins CI1VJ V( utvv .... . possible, although he expected great progress to be?made during the present week. Four treaties will be necessary, one each, with Germany, Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria, Captain Tardieu explained and these he said probably would not be signed together The treaty with Germany being the most important, would be signed first. The others would be drawn along similar lines and would place a limitation of armaments upon the other central powers, but there was less hurry about framing these, Captain Tardieu added. Asked if the signing c.prmanv to re or peace wuuiu ..... . sume commercial activity, Captain Tardieu said the financial and commercial sections of the treaty would contain Important regulations of enemy trade but that shipping will be resumed under certain reservations. Answering an inquiry whether the Germans would be permitted to come to Paris to sign the peace treaty, Captain Tardieu said it was not certain that the Germans would be summoned to Paris that the conference had not decided this point. Under an agreement which the Germans have made at Brussels, the United States will receive eight German ships which will be ready to go to sea within four days. The vessels are the Zeppelin, of 15,000 tons: the Prins Frederich Wilhelm, of 17,000: the Graf Waldersee, of 13,000 tons; the Patricia, of 14,466 tons; the Cap nf 14.500 tons: the Pretoria _ r liiiaiirtc, w of 13,200 tons; the Cleveland, of 16,900 tons: and the Kalserin Auguta Victoria of 25,000 tons. The plant Imperator, of 52,000 tons, will go to the United States. At the present time the Imperator is stuck in the mud but it is believed she can be floated in a fewdays. The total ships made available to the Allies under the agreement number more than 700, approximating 1,500,000 tons. The vessels going to the United States are passenger ships on account of the American deBire to use them for transport of troops. Those going to France and England immediately are cargo vessels in neutral ports in South and Central America and the Dutch West Indies. They will be permitted to leave with cargoes for Germany with German crews but under Allied flags. When ships put out from German ports to be handed over they will be manned by Germans, but on arrival in Allied ports the crews will be replaced by Allied crews and Germans returned. There is available in England for immediate movement to Germany approximately 30,000 tons of pork products, 5,000 tons of beans, 5,000 tons of rice and 15,000 tons of cereals. The United States has in Rotterdam and on the way there approximately 75,000 tons of breadstuffs. A summary of the agreement shows payment by Germany will be made by freight hire accruing to the Germans for the use of the shipping, and part from credits Germany may continue to establish and maintain in neutral countries; part from Gejinan exports; part from the sale of German ownea foreign securities and part by the use of German gold. The Germans agreed to place a deposit of gold In the national bank of Belgium at Brussels for use as collateral. (The \torkmlte (Nquirrr Entered at the Postofltce at Tork as Mail Matter of the Second Class. TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1919. Somebody Is going to get big profit out of the stock of raw cotton that is still in the hands of the farmers, and if that profit is not saved for the south, the fault will be with the farmers and the general business interests of the south. It is not at all improbable that Champ Clark may be the next presidential nominee oif the Democratic party. At least, such a thing is possible; but the Democratic party will never win with Champ Clark as its nominee. There is no reasonable doubt about the fact that the German government is still under the control of the selfsame element that brought on the great war. The Spartacist element, which is now getting the worst of it in its fights with German troops, is the element that was opposed to the warIf the stories of the frequency with which Lenine and Trotsky are being shot at are half true, or if hall' of the stories are true, it would seem one or the other or both of them might become the victims of stray shots. But the fact of the matter is that most of the stories are just as apt as not to be pure invention. Methods used to hurry work on cantonments, ship building, airplane plants and munition factories served to hinder rather than accelerate, aid that America succeeded as she did in spite of these practices, only goes to show the extent to which the patriotism and virtue of the people as a whole exceeds the patriotism and virtue of the people who had the direction of American affairs. The idea of limiting the German army to 100,000 men to be raised by volunteer enlistment, is credited to Lloyd George and it is being accepted as the best way out of the present difficulties. It seems to follow that if Germany is disarmed the other nations will be able to disarm, and Great Britain relieved of the burden of conscription will be able to continue her supremacy on the seas, and therefore her supremacy in the affairs of the world. Before he calls an extra session of the general assembly, for which there is no apparent earthly need, ve hope that Governor Cooper will make a thorough investigation of the sources from which the propaganda on the subject are emanating. We are of opinion that instead of there being a widespread demand for an extra session a thorough investigation will show that propagandists are merely pulling every string and ringing every bell that can help to attract the attention of a really indifferent public. We are not right sure that government control of railroads has ever had a fair show. We are not entirely free from a suspicion that the management of transportation has not been influenced by hostile expert manipulators who worked to the end of convincing the public that government ownership of railroads would never do. But if we have had a really honest and efficient sample of government ownership, let the roads go back to private control as soon as possible. And as to government control of telegraph and telephone, we have never believed that there was reasonable excuse fcr such a thing and we do not believe any such thing now. Double censorships of cablegrams between Great Britain and the United States has been abolished by agreements between the two governments. Heretofore a cablegram offered in the United States had to meet the approval of the American censor before it could be started on its way, and on the other side the approval of the British censor before it could be delivered. Now, if the British censor allows it to start the American censor must permit its delivery and if the American censor allows it to start the British censor must not hold it up. Some of these days, maybe, the country will again return to conditions under which what it shall say or what it shall know will not be regulated according to tne standards of a single individual. It was the American, buck private who won the world war not President Wilson, not the general staff, not the officers, but absolutely the American buck private. He won it, not because of able leadership, either at home or *u? nortoinlv nnt bp pan so Ill Llie UC1U, uuu vv? of proper and efficient management of the business end of the thing; but because of the American spirit that is in him. And if the would-be leaders of American thought and action would get a correct notion of how things are going to be in America from now on, they will admit and recognize that it is the American private who achieved this mighty thing that has been achieved and govern themselves accordingly. The study of American would-be statemen from now on should be the American private. The two things that are going to leave the worst flavor from this war are, First, the terrible injustice that has been wrought against private sol diers on pretense of discipline, and second, the criminal waste of money on pretense of getting things done. The army idea of discipline, or rather the army practice of discipline, is such as to make Americans feel that il things like that are necessary to save the world, the world is not worth saving. And as for that criminal waste of money or wnicn mose in cnargi have been guilty, it is little enough tc say that these people had no true conception of the spirit and character o: the American people. This courtmar[ tial business has been in the nature o; fa criminal assault against all tha makes America worth fighting for, ant the idea that America has to be bribec and bought to put forth her best ef forts in war is an insult to the decen cy of the nation. With reference to the chevron con troversy, we think that boys and mei who served in this country, those wh< could not help themselves, are deserv ing as much credit as those who wen abroad, especially those who could no help themselves. But the controversy is unfortunate, to say the least of it There is nothing the matter with giv nig the man who went abroad the golt stripe, if he wants it, and there is noth ing the matter with giving the mai who served at home the silver stripe Yes, we understand how there is a dis Unction-and all that, and we under [ stand how there be those who will no be satisfied with the gold or the silvei stripe- But that is all right. Stripei or no sripes, all of the boys, whethei they went abroad or stayed at home will take their places in the new ordei of things not so much on a basis o: what they did In the war, or coul< have done, had the opportunity offer ed, as on a basis of how they conductec themselves in relation to their fellow men and society generally. Of course honor attaches to all of the boys wh< went into the war, as honor should attach, but as to whether that honoi shall grow in lustre or shall fade in th< future will depend upon the futur< conduct of each individual boy. Thii is an eternal law that cannot and wil not be changed by stripes, medals oi other decorations. There is friction among the sever war work organizations on whose ac count the recent big drive on the pub' 11c was made, as to how much th< Knights of Columbus (Roman Catho He) may give away to the soldiers ir the shape of chocolate, bonbons, cigarettes, tobacco, etc., free of charge The committee of eleven, represents the united organizations, with John R Mott of the T. M. C. A., at the head o: the committee, some time ago decldec that each organization could thus giv< away only 10 per cent of the fund contributed by the public. Provided al the subscriptions are paid the Knight of Columbus would be entitled to $30, 000,000. On this basis this organization would be' entitled to give awa; $3,000,000; but it wants to give awaj not less than $10,000,000. Soldiers hav< already been writing home as to how much more liberal the K of C. is thai the Y. M. C- A., or any of the othei organizations. The Y. M. C. A. ex plains that because of the nature of it work, it is unable to give away mor< than 10 per cent of its .funds, and i complains of the disadvantage it suf fers because of the greater apparen liberality of the K. of C. The K. of C is not content to be bound by the 1' per cent limit and has carried a protes to the secretary of war; but the mat ter has not yet been decided. The Y. M C. A. work is non-denominational, o: rather inter-denominational; but th K. of C- is under the direct supervisioi of the Roman Catholic hierachy, an< its work is supervised by four bishop of the church. To Finance Cotton. Hon. J no. L. McLaurin is always interesting. He is a close . student, t tireless worker and a deep thinker As a student of political economy h< is head and shoulder above the aver< age man of the day and the equal o; almost any man in America, Cottor and cotton warehousing is one of hii hobbies, and we do not hesitate it saying that he is one of the best in< formed men in the United States 01 these two subjects. We did not heai his address at the court house th< other day, but men who heard it sai( it was one of the most remarkable ad dresses even delivered in Dillon. Bu among other things, so we are told Air. McLaurin said a bank with a cap ital of $200,000 could finiance all th< cotton in South Carolina. If this ii correct we must differ with Mr. Mc< J Laurin. He takes the position tha member banks of the Federal reserv< system, by virtue of the privilege! given them under the Federal Reserv< Act, can borrow without limit on agri cultural products properly stored am insured. In other words, the Federa Reserve can be forced to finance thi cotton crop through the various na tional banks in the south. We are un able to find this provision in the Fed eral Reserve Act, but if Air. McLaurii * ' ' * * *- 4 U. is correct in ms lnieryreuiuuu <jl m< act he can greatly relieve the presen situation in he south by forcing thosi in authority to carry out this provis ion of the law. The member banks an limited by the Federal bank and evei if they offer liberty bonds as collater al security to rediscounts they ar.e no permitted to exceed that limit. Th< spirit and purpose of the Federal Re serve act was to assist the farme north, south, east and west in hand ling agricultural products to the bes advantage by the simple process o shifting government funds from on< section to the other as they wen needed in moving the crops, but thi act goes no further. After all, th< authority to limit the loans to any om section is vested in the Federal Re serve. The state warehouse plan, loni advocated by Mr. McLaurin, hackee bv a state cotton bank with sufficien capital to finance the cotton cro] without calling: on outside help, is th> only solution of the cotton holdini problem. The south must be able t< finance its own cotton with its owi money. It must be independent o the money lender in the north, east o west. The west does not call on th? south to finance its wheat stored ii elevators nor does the north ask thi south to float its industrial bonds When the south reaches the poin where it has ample capital of its owi to finance what it produces then an< then only will it be in a position ti fix a price on what it has to sell.?Dil ton Herald. Mr. McLaurin is undoubtedly of th opinion that the Regional Reserv banks can be forced to finance the cot ton crop of the south through the na tional banks, unless the law as it no^ stands is changed. At least that ha all along been our understanding o his attitude in regard to the mattei But even if he is correct in> his viev it is difficult to see how he could mak a test of it, except at the head of sue] a bank as is described, organized to the purpose in question. Of course there are those who do no see how such a thing as is here pro posed could be carried out; but that i not surprising. Until it was aetuall; accomplished, nobody but Mr. McLau rin seemed to see how a single 6 pe cent loan on the receipt of a stat warehouse could compel 6 per cen loans or? the receipts of all other ware houaeB; but so long as Mr. McLaurii was In the position of state warehouse commissioner to show them, the thing was easy. In a like manner we suspect that if Mr. McLaurin were at the head i of a cotton bank of $200,000 capital, ! with Regional Reserve membership, he . would not be long in showing how such a bank could finance the entire s cotton crop of the state through the i reserve system, and also we suspect > that the thing could be done without calling into play any more actual mont ey than was called into play in reduc ing rate on state warehouse cotton C from 8 per cent to 6 per cent. t . m < Timely Lesson. The serious menace to the peace and happiness of this country today is that which is found in the universal and widespread struggle for gain, and the fact is pretty generally recognized even j among those who are the most conj spicuous offenders in this particular. There is common acceptation of the t belief that the possession of money t carries with it the power to do anything, and this very likely furnishes the reason why so many people are losing sight of almost every other corv, sideration as to their well-being and happiness in their et^rerness to get money. In the olden times money getting for money's sake was designated as the worship of Mammon, and that worship t was pointed out as the most ruinous thing that could happen to those who allowed themselves to become included among its devotees. All that was true of mammon worship in the old p days is true now; both as to the harmf fulness of the practice and of the unj willingness of men to take warning of the dangers into which they were j drifting. It may not be that the terrible turmoil and strife through which the j world is passing has been only the automatic penalty to the worship of Mammon; but nevertheless there seems r } to be some significance to the fact that * present and future advantage in com" merce that directs the trend of wealth 3 j is the principal concern of the peace * Hmc aft it has been _ conieicntc uv , r I all along. * Ordinarily one does not look for the highest exposition of true nobility in purely financial publications; but nevertheless it must be admitted that the following recent editorial from the Wall Street Journal, which one of the } commentators has introduced as illustrating the truth of the International lesson last Sunday, deserves to be j ranked as a classic along this line: "What America needs more than railroad extension, and western irrigaf tion, and a low tariff, and a bigger 1 wheat crop, and a merchant marine, 3 and a new navy, is a revival of piety, the kind father and mother used to " have piety that counted it good busi1 ness to stop for daily family prayers 3 before breakfast right in the middle of the harvest; that quit work a half hour earlier Thursday night, so as to get the chores done and go to prayer meeting; j that borrowed money to pay the f preacher's salary and prayed fervently in secret-for the salvation of the rich " man who looked with scorn on such t unbusinesslike behavior. That's what i we need now to clean this country of r the filth of graft, and of greed, petty and big; of worship of fine houses and " big lands and high office and grand sos cial functions. What is this thing e which we are worshipping but a vain t repetition of what decayed nations fell down and worshipped just before their light went out? Read the history of t Rome in decay and you'll find luxury there that could lay a big dollar all ' over our little doughnut that looks so large to us. Great wealth never made t a nation substantial nor honorable. - There is nothing on earth that looks good that is so dangerous for a man or a nation to handle as quick, easy, big r money. If you do resist its deadly ine fluence the chances are that it will get i your son. It takes greater and finer j heroism to dare-to be poor in America than to charge an earthworks." s t | GENERAL COTTON SITUATION. Much Improvement Last Week and General Outlook Good. The tendency In cotton last week 3 according to an expert New Orleans - review, was to work to higher levels f on bullish feelings regarding the value 1 of the new contract, the predictions i from Paris that the work of the peace l conference would soon be completed - and the continued unfavorable weather i conditions over the greater part of the r belt. As the highest levels in the new 3 contract markets, prices were 153 to 1 190 points over the close of the pre ceding week. Net changes were gains t of 96 to 132 points. At the end of the , week the old contract market appear - ed well liquidated and there were per3 iods when brokers executed old con3 tract orders with difficulty. While the census bureau figures on t American consumption for Feburary 3 ere disappointing, 433,516 bales s against 510,084 during the same 4L tVirv ronnrts of the t II1UI11I1 lasi .> Cai f vuv - week indicated that a revival of busi1 ness was taking place in the dry goods 1 markets of the country and that more 2 textile machinery was running. This - helped to give the market a very steady - undertone on the close. At the end of the week, too much 1 rain was falling in the cotton region 2 and should the week open on comt plaints from the belt of excessive 2 moisture new contract value would - probably be stimulated. A period of s fine weather, which would allow far1 mers to make progress with the work - of new crop would cause a selling t movement. 2 Aside from -conditions surrounding - the start of the new crop the trade r will be mainly interested in the spot - this week. Actual announcement of t the completion of the peace treaty is f eagerly awaited and the signing of it e would be regarded as an event of the e highest importance because it would 2 be expected that it would be followed 2 by the throwing open of the whole of e Europe to the trade of the south. At - the end of the last week there were 5 nimors of free sport offerings in the 1 interior, but the general expectation t was that the better conditions among 2 the mills would lead to an increase e spot demand in the near future wnicn ? would absorb what the interior had 0 to sell. 1 . ? . ? February Cotton Statistics. Cotton consumed during February amounted to 43,316,166 running bales of lint and 1 8.752 bales of the linters, the census e bureau today announced. ' Last year, during February, 510,084 bales of lint and 87,961 of linter were J} consumed. 3 Cotton on hand Feb. 28, in consuming 0 establishments was 1,558,810 running bales of lint and 277,926 of linters, compared with 1,695,955 of lint and 158,e 342 of linters a year ago, and in public e storage and at compresses 4,531,580 bales of lint and 277,926 of linters, compared with 3,399,409 of lint, and 200,~ ?S8 of linters a year ago. v February imports were 9,720 bales s compared with 13,676 last year. . Exports were 449,523 bales, including '06 bales of linters, compared with "? 359.774 bales, including 7,680 of linters r, 'n February last year, e ' ' h Would Push Things Along. The American peace delegates are considering bridging over the period between the signature of the peace treaty * ?, ratification of the treaty by I 'IIW lil\. . . Ihe United States senate by a "modus vivendi" declaring hostilities ending so is not to delay the termination of cory tain war legislation and to enable the . '-esumption immediately of normal ' ode. while affording the senate the necessary time for consideration. e The question of calling a special sest ?ion of the senate immediately after . the signing of the treaty, which may be within ten days, has also been un1 der consideration. LOCAJL AFFAIRS, i NEW ADVERTISEMENTS City Service Station Hag opened a garage >n the Nichols building and ' solicits the patronage of the public. : W. B. Reese, T'ork No. 6 On Saturday, < *- -? OA 4 . i Al&rcn mm 47, mu v^wsvu soap, two bars for 18 osnts. James Bros. Are expecting to reoelve more mules at an early date and Invite you to see thsm for your needs. Wrigley Emphasizes the good qualities of Wrigleys chewing gums. Sse page four. Reily-Taylor Co. On page four give additional reasons why you should use Luzianne coffee- It satisfies parI ticular people. Sold everywhere. Fienstein Bargain House Has received its spring lines of ladies' footwear and Invites you to come and see it. Take a look in show window. McConnell Dry Goods Co. All this week offers staple cotton goods at reduced prices. New arrivals in ladies' coats, dresses, dolmans, etc. First National Bank, Sharon Will be pleased to take care of your Liberty bonds and give you a certificate of deposit for same. No charge. First National Bank, York On page 4 1 knattiAoa onn On nf empiiaaites uic uuomcwi keeping your funds in the bank and of systematic savings. Star Theatre Today offers episode No. 1 of a new serial. A Fox feature on Wednesday and another on Friday. Satisfaction guaranteed. Shieder-Snelling Drug Co. Has several preparations for spraying fruit trees and suggests that you spray your trees and vegetables. William Walter White Offers reward for return of a watch lost last Saturday morning. L. M. Grist's Sons Are prepared to furnish certificates required by law for the sale of preparations containing alcohol. York Furniture & Hdw. Co. Sells the Goodyear, Fisk and Firestone automobile tires and tells you why. J. W. Darby, Yorkville No. 4 Has an estray hog at his home and wants the owner to call for it York Hardware Co. Suggests that you paint your home, inside and out. It has the paints, oils, etc. A kerosene engine and saw for quick sale. Of the $200,000 appropriated by the A ?ooft?viKlir 4hn Oii n. reCCIll 5CHC101 aoocinuij lot VKV wufport of rural graded schools, Yortc county Is to get $4,400, on a basis of an apportionment that disposes of $188,100. Reports from Charlotte, Columbia, Gastonia, Spartanburg and other towns indicate increased activity of dental thieves. These thieves gain admittance to dental offices either by breaking locks or slipping in during,the absence of those in charge and taking what they want, their first preference being gold leaf and opiates. Drs. D. E. McConnell and R. P. Falls of Gastonia, are among recent victims of thieves of this kindRelease of 150,000 tons of nitrate of soda by the war department to the department of agriculture for use as fertill/.or, has Just been announced. The chemical was purchased for making high explosive shells. The onrniin OoH thflt ATI uui cau ui uiai new ...M? ?.. effort would be made to distribute 100,000 tons this month from 18 cities, where the nitrate is stored, many urgent orders having been received because of the mild weather. Savannah and Wilmington* were said to report daily shipments of more than 1,000 tons from each place. Various corporations that were resting more or less easily under the impression that their tax returns would not have to be made until shortly before the end of their respective fiscal years, were somewhat flustered last ^eek by the receipt of notices that tentative returns must be made at once, and that one-fourth of the amoi^it estimated to be payable must be paid in by March 15. The fiscal year of most corporations ends June 30. Of course the executive officers of the various corporations got busy at once; dui u was not wun any penally favorable Impression of such unusual and apparently unreasonable action on the part of the authorities. Rev. Baxter McLiendon, the wellknown evangelist, closed a great meeting at Washington, N. C., last week and went from there to Mount Holly. People Joined the churches by the hundred, and it is generally conceded that the town has been stirred as it was never stirred before. The Washington Daily News, which carried full reports of the meetings from day to day, gave an unusually full report of the remarkable and stirring scenes at the close and summed up the results in the following editorial: "Evangelist Baxter McLendon preached the final sermon of his great revival here last night to an immense gathering of people. Mr. McLendon came here five weeks ago and during his stay in Washington he gave the city the greatest religious awakening which it has had in its history. He preached to us straight from the shoulder. He didn't mince his words and he didn't hesitate to call a spade a spade. He didn't preach the kind of sermons that he thought his congregations might want to hear, but he preached the kind that he thought would do them the most TJoa Mark rinnp Washington any good? Ask the thousands who have been out to hear htm. Ask the hundreds who were brought into the church or who made a renewal of their .vows to God- Ask the mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters who had loved ones make the confession of faith. Mack has made us all think. He has showed us all where we have fallen down in our duty to God and to the church. He has brought our people in closer and more intimate touch with one another. No man can even begin to estimate the amount of good he has done. It cannot be estimated in dollars and cents for the saving of one soul alone is worth all the money that there is in Washington. Some time ago Washington had a "pay-your-bills" campaign. Mack's sermons beat that campaign all to pieces. Considering that point of view, Mack's stay in Washington was worth thousands of dollars. He hammered the booze business and the other evils of life. He pointed out the temptations that stood in the path of every man and woman. He urged a greater devotion to the churches. In short, he pleaded for everything that would tend to make Washington a better town and the people of Washington a better people. He hasn't been afraid to step on any man's toes. If he felt that the community would be bettered thereby. At the same time he didn't deal in any personalities. If Mack said a single word against any individual or class of individuals in Washington it was said because they richly deserved it- But never, during his entire stay in Washington, did he criticise a single person rr?u Ortiil in Wo uVl. Dy name, mciso nut u. ..u... ... ington who can conscientiously say a word against Mack or the work he has done in Washington. He has benefited the entire community and he has hurt no one. All of us have learned to love and admire him. Washington stands solidly behind him and if Mack ever gets into another town and they want to find out something about him, all he's got to do is to refer them to Washington and what Washington will say about him will be a-plenty. He's all right and we're sorry to see him leave here. However, we hope that he'll be back here again at some future date and he'll always find a warm welcome in our midst." WITHIN THE TOWN. An act was passed at the recent session of the general assembly authorizing the town of "York," to in- i crease the tax levy from ten to twenty mills. The act was passed on an understanding between the city council and the legislative delegation that 4 the proceeds from the extra ten mills t would be und solely for permanent itrset work. \ The supper given by the ladles of the Baptist church last Friday night, was a most please nt and enjoyable af- 6 fair socially, and quite a success financially. It wts the first attempt that the * Baptist Ladles had ever made at an affair of this kind; but this fact has no * significance except as a matter of record, for In preparation, conduct and * service there was evidence of management and experience that has not been 1 excelled. There was chicken salad by the wholesale, oysters stewed end fried, and c everything that with them belonged, Including coffee, bread, condiments, etc., c and on the side cream, cake, cahdy and fruit. The people began gathering 1 shortly before seven, with all denominations fully represented, and the ta- c bles remained filled for several hours. At times there was an overflow patron- ' age that could not be provided for 1 promptly; but eventually all were served, and practically all the supplies ? were exhaused. The receipts amounted to more than $180. .? 1 The town council Is making careful and painstaking Investigation of ] the street paving question. Several engineers who have had especial experi- ' ence In this line and who know what they are talking about, have been here * for consultation. It Is the advice of the engineers that the town does not ' want to attempt straight concrete paving because that is too expensive, too < hard and too noisy. Asphalt, or perhaps better still, concreted asphalt, is 1 the thing. Either Is durable enough < and satisfactory enough. Among the advantages of first-class paving are easier and less expensive traffic, riddance of mud, riddance of dust, ^&nd last, but by no means least, rewer nies. It has been the experience everywhere < that paving which permits easy cleaning reduces the propagation of flies. < As yet there has been no definite estimates as to the probable cost of the < paving, nor has it been definitely determined where the money is coming i from. It is reasonably certain, however, that if the people of the town i want the paving it can be had. It has been thb experience elsewhere, ttnd it will be the experience here, that after the work has been gotten under way, . there will be a demand for more and I more- As to what particular kind of paving will be decided upon will de- ! pend upon the contractors. The council will submit specifications as to sev- ! eral acceptable kinds, and in letting out contracts will be influenced by the bidding. EXTRA SESSION SENTIMENT. Through Mr-. J. Wilson Glbbs, clerk i of the house, the State Automobile association has been polling the house of representatives in behalf of pressure on the governor to call an extra session. A majority of the members, it appears, is<not in favor of the proposed ( extra session. The Columbia State has published a condensed summary of the views of the members who have replied to Mr. Gibbs. The York county members are quoted as follows: Bradford, York: Noncommittal as to 1 his opinion as to an extra session. Mr. Bradford, however, is confident, if the general assembly were called back "a good roads measure would be enacted In a very few daya." Hart, York: Opposed to extra session and does not think the members I would agree if called back. He would sacrifice some to get a measure < through, but would stand by the fundamentals of a general property tax, 1 an abutting property tax ahd automobile license taxes. 1 Nunn, York: Opposed to extra ses- ! sion as he does not believe the legislators are any nearer agreement than I when adjournment was taken two weeks ago. Failure to Insert the referendum feature prevented passage of ! the measure last month, he. thinks. Pursley, York: Opposed to an extra session as "it is uncalled for." The members would not agree- He can not : put taxes on people, when so many of the people will derive no benefit therefrt He hopes the governor will not call an extra session. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. W. D- Glenn of Yorkville, Is undergoing treatment at the Fennel infirmary, Rock Hill. Cadets Theo Mackorell and Robert Brice of Clemson college, spent the week-end 4n Yorkville. Mrs. M. B. Crosby of Yorkville, is visiting her daughters, Misses Ruth and Claire, in Spartanburg. , , Miss Martha Glenn of Winthrop college, spent the week-end in Yorkville, 1 the guest of Miss Margaret Bratton. Cadets J- W. Qulnn, Jr., Rudolph Logan and Withers Adickes, of ClemwAnlr.on H in son ociiege, spent mo v. Yorkville. I Mrs. J. K. Rhinehart of Forrest City, I ' N. C., is spending some time with herl daughter, Mrs. J. W. McFarland, who I has pneumonia, on No. 3, Yorkville. I Captain G. C McCelvey, who hasli been undergoing treatment in Spartan-1 burg, for wound received in France, I spent Sunday with friends in Yorkville. I Mrs. W. C. Latimer, Mrs. W. R. Lat-1 imer and little daughter, of Yorkville,! are visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dendy I at Oglethorpe university, Georgia. |i The following Winthrop girl3 spent I the week-end at their homes in York-11 ville: Misses Louise and Pauline Oates, I1 Margaret Finley, Margaret Cartwright, 1 Margaret Marshall and Julia Williams. I. Dr. T. L. Glenn of Raleigh, N. C., Ij spent the week-end in Yorkville. Messrs. W. D. Glenn and D. L. Ram-I. bo, Jr., of Erskine college, Due West,! spent the week-end in Yorkville. Lieutenant Arthur T. Hart, who hasl, been serving with Hospital Unit 100,11 American Expeditionary Forces, haslj received his honorable discharge and I j resumed his place in the business of , the Hart-Mackorell company, York-1; ville, of which he is one of the owners. I j Although cheerfully and gladly doing I ( what he could while in the service, he , does not hesitate to say that he is glad || to get back again. Dr. Glenn Allison, who recently re-l< turned from France, where he has been I j serving as an X-ray expert in hospital |j work, and who has been spending!, some days here with his mother, Mrs. Ij "" ~ !~ ?n V?ia wav to De- li XV. li. Allison, 10 uun . troit, Michigan, and St. Paul, Minnesota, with the present idea of locating in one or the other of those places. Before he volunteered for service in the army Dr. Allison had won a high place in his profession and was enjoying an income of $6,000 a year. His pay in the army was $2,000, and the hardship and danger was as great as that of anybody else. At present he has the choice of a number of most excellent openings; but he is not yet fully decided as to where he will cast his future lot, whether in Detroit or St. PaulTRANSFER OF REALTY. The following transfers of York county real estate have been indexed in the office of the auditor since the last publication of the record: Bethel Kate Jenkins to Grover C. McFarland, 80 acres; consideration, $1. Dr. J. A. Biggers to Andrew C. Blggers, 165 3-4 acres; consideration, $2,000. Grover C. McFarland to Kate Jenkins, 68 acres; consideration, $1. Bethesda Henrietta C. Sanders to Joe Cassells, 32 1-2 acres; consideration, $75. Joe Cassells to J. T. Crawford, 32J aires; consideration, $675. Thos. S. Bratton to R. Moultrie Bratton, 400 acres; consideration, $1,000. A. R. McElhaney to Jno. L- Aycock, un - "nnoMomtlnn -13.176.25. HO r-6 UU1CO, UUilwtvtvaMv.w.., Yw, L. B. Ashe to Charity and Love No. 12 A. P. and B. of York co., 1-2 acre; consideration, $50. Broad River J. N. McDill to J. Meek McGill, 85 acres; consideration, $2,000. J. N. McDill to J. Meek McGill, 92 acres; consideration, $1,500. Robt. W. Westmoreland to Robt. D. Smith, 4 lots; consideration, $400. W. L. Hill to S. T. Ferguson, Jr., 13 acres; consideration, $3,000. J. C. Wylle to J. E. Westmoreland, 94 1-4 acres; consideration, $1,696.50. Ella R. Saye and Vessis R. Brandt, to Geo. A. Plaxico, 2 acres; considera- - ion, $1,000. Bullocks Creek?R. C. Guy to W. S. Vrenn, 140 acres: consideration, $1,- 1 00. I W. B. Good to Porter B. Good, 155 5-100 acres; consideration, $7,600. S. Walker Nelson ?t al to J. Davis Celson, 80 acres; consideration, i$S50. Catawba?H. M. Dunlap to Josie B. i lunlapl 1 lot; consideration $1. Oscar Hoodward to Matilda Rinelart, 1 8-10 acre*; consideration, $106. W. A. Graham to C. A. McCord, 1 ot; consideration, $8,200. W. A. Graham to E. C. Adams, 1 lot; onsideratlon $2,000. E. E. Poag to J. J. Hagitis, 1 lot; onsideration, $180. W. A. Graham to P. D. McCord, 1 ot; condlderation, $3,200. J. E. Mar8han to G. H. Greene, 1 lot; :on8ideration, $3,300. W. J. and Adeline Crelghton to W. r. SIzemore. 1 lot; consideration, SI. Sep Massey to J. E. Glasscock, 15 teres consideration $1,000. Andrew J. Stover to L. H. Slmrill, L lot; consideration, $1,350. Mrs. Anna C. Fewell to J. J. Hagins, L lot; consideration, $900. W. A. Graham to H. C. Baker, 1 lot; consideration, $1,000. J. T. Faris to Sam Sexton, 17i acres; consideration, $1,153.75. G. H. Green to H. M. Duncan, 1 lot; consideration, $1,500. W. A. Brown to J. C. Hayes, 2 lots; consideration, $2,800. W. M. and H. M. Dunlap and Perry D. Roddey to Ira B. Dunlap, 101 acres; consideration $3,000. Julian B. Johnson to E. W. Parker, L lpt; consideration $3,600. E. L. Barnes to W. D. Willis, 1 lot; consideration, $323.60. W. A. Graham to J. B. Clontz, 1 lot; consideration, $2,800. J. T. Faris to S. W. Ferguson, 35J acres; consideration, $1,842.50. J. C. White to C. E. Sjnith, 1 lot: consideration $1,500. J. M. Poag to W1. G. Workman, 4 acres; consideration, $300. N. B. Williams to V. D. Potts, 25 acres; consideration, $1,250. Thos. H. Martin to W. H. Robbins, I lot; consideration, $1,800. Jno. R. Logan, C. C. C. Pis. to W. J. Neely, 57 acres; consideration,$2,330. \ J. W. Wilkerson et al to T. H. Merritt, 1 lot; consideration, $3,500. Rpflltv Pn to J. A. Burris, 1 lot; consideration, $99. Ebenezer A. R. McElhaney to H. M. Duncan, 1 lot; consideration $1,700. Horace and J. W. Rabb to E. F. Knight 123 3-10 acres; consideration, $1,932. Jno. L. Davis to W. D. Willis. 1 lot; consideration $4,650. T. Monroe Oates to Wm. Thos, Oates, 117 7-10 acres: consideration, $500. C. M. Whisonant to Mrs. S. L. Kell, 1 lot; consideration $1,250. L. D. Pitts to Anderson Motor Co., 2 lots; consideration $1,400. W. L. Barron et al executors est. A. A. Darron to W. C. Caveny, 178 acres; consideration, $10,680. Fort Mill Jackson Hamilton to W. L. Patterson, 66 1-3 acres; consideration, $3,648.33. S. L. Garrison to W. L. Patterson, 71J acres; consideration, $3,500. Kings Mountain R. J. McCarter to Geo. B. McCarter, 8$ acres; consideration $175. J. J. McCarter to Geo. B. McCarter, 33 acres; consideration, $305. Robt. T. Castles to Fred E. Sinclair. 11 3-4 acres; consideration, $450. W. P. Smith to R. M. Robinson, 1 lot; consideration $3,000. Wm. N. Diggers to W. Meek McCarter, 37 acres; consideration, $1,000. Jno. Q. Hail to M. B. Hall, 55 acres, consideration, $2,200. J. Fitch Pursiey to Henry J. McClain 64 78-100 acres; consideration, $3,405.75. R. A. Jackson to N. E. Dickson, 1 onnsideration. $250. York?T. Monroe Oatcs to Robt. Brown Oates, 107 78-100 acres; consideration, J5.00. David Cameron to Jno. Archy Lowry, 41 acres; consideration $1,365.85. J. F. Carson to D. M. Benfleld, 10 15-100 acres; consideration, $1,218. Janet D. Herndon et al to Thos F. McDow, 7 lots; consideration, $154. Jeanette D. Herndon to Robt. J. Herndon, 2 lots? consideration, $5.00. Thos. W. Boyd et al to Robt T. Allison, 89 4-10 acres; consideration, $2,281. J F. Kell to Edward McElwee, 3 lots; consideration $75. Mrs. Amanda A. Barnwell to W. Brown Thomasson, 47 acres; consideration, $2,820. HERE AND THERE Ernest Camp, one of the Thirtieth division boys, who was returned to America in advance of his division, because of wounds received in the fighting, gives some interesting information about another York county boy, R. B. Beach, who formerly livejl near Yorkville. Beach's left arm was cut off by a shell, all but a thin strip of skin that held it to the stump. He had - ~? ? ? flncof nn thf? arm and with a nii5 uu a iinQv* v?? his other hand he took that ring off before leaving the detached member on the battlefield- Mr. Camp understands that Beach is now in Washington and probably will enter one of the vocational training schools. Apples of the kind that used to sell at from 20 to 30 cents a dozen, are now bringing 60 cents a dozen. No one has ever known apples to be so scarce before, and nobody knows the reason. A copy of the "Stars and Stripes," the soldier paper, just received from France, contains a paragraph that may shed some light on the subject. It says that 25,000 crates of apples have Just been received by the Q. M. department and that from now on ihe apples will continue to come fet that rate every month. The paragraph explains that the soldiers are all so badly stalled on salmon that the Q. M. department has sold 6.000,000 cases to the French and order! have been issued that hereafter ho more than one pound of salmon may be served to any member of the A. E. F. during each 20 davs. Apples, oranges and other fruits are being Imported in large i quantities, but in spite of 60 cents a I iozen, apples are still in demand in I fhe stores. We have a copy of "The Barrage," I 'Put Over" (published) by the 18th I Field Artillery, now in Germany, with I the compliments, of Paul R. Bratton, I who is with that organization. Paul, I it will be remembered, is a volunteer, I tvho went with the first hundred thou-1 land, and who has been through it all I from the beginning until now. At this | time he is in Germany, willing to seel t through to the very end; but at the I same time anxious to get back to the I folks at home. The Barrage is a small I four page paper, only recently estab-| ished, the copy at hand being No. 4, ind devoted entirely to the viewpoint I )f the artillerymen. It is dated at Polch, Germany. The leading article I n the copy at hand is a review of the I jig part that has been played by the Eighteenth artillery from the begin-1 ning of the fight on the Marne on upl ;o the armistice- Among the several I editorials that Artilleryman Bratton I las marked with evident approval, is I >i?e protesting against the proposition I :o take away the gold service stripe I hat had been awarded to the boys who I lad six months' service abroad, and I ilso a protest against the common ten- I lency of the newspapers and the pub-1 ic to confuse the doughboys with the irtillerymen. The public looks upon I he term "doughboy" as an affection-1 tte reference to all the American rank I ind file; but ir> actual service, the ar-1 illeryman, the Infantryman, the ma-1 ine and the members of the various I >ther branches look upon his own par-1 - Kmnch of the service as thej vhole thing and the others as more or ess necessary auxiliaries. Altogether The Barrage is quite an interesting litlo sheet. Mr. Lindsay B. Misskelly, son of Mr. I. D. Misskelly, of Yorkville No. 3, is lome from the great war. Young disskelly was one of the first to vol- j inteer his services to the cause, enisting May 28, 1917, though did not ret to the front until some time in lune of last year. He was a member i ?f the 105 Engineers, and says that i le learned a little about every branch j if the service, although he never caried a rifle nor helped man a machine .< run in action. He did his fighting vith a huge revolver; he says he i winri not to have a rifle and bay- i mot after seeing: the savageness or i tayonet fighting. He took part in ? wo particularly heavy engagements, < -and saw plenty of the German ma- ( /' I chine-gunners chained to their guns. That was the only way the German officers had of compelling their men to stand their ground after the ^ terrible Americans entered the conflict. Young Mlsskelly's real Job In the service was cooking; he says that he can cook for an army, but would scarcely know how to cook for a small crowd. He rather tries to make the impression, when talking of his experiences, that he was glad to cook, since it kept him from taking part In the regular fighting; but he betrayed his courage, to the writer, when he . abruptly declared his willingness to "go back tomorrow if there should be nnv mnr? acpflimln? to do over there." The story of young Mlsskelly's experiences, from the time of his enlistment to his arrival in Belgium, and from then until the morning of September 29, when a touch of gas put him out of the ranks for nearly a month, would be quite interesting. He went over with a company of Canadians, having been sent to Canada before embarking, and landed first in England. Thence he was transported to France, then on to Belgium. / He liked the Canadians very well, but never got quite used to the British. He also liked the Australians very much. He saw many a fight in the air and the anti-aircraft guns in action. He declares the latter are no good, so far as destroyed aircraft is concerned. When they do score a hit, It IS a hit; but the trouble is, they seldom do It. He saw the negro troops in action, and says they are great fighters, so long as they are commanded by white officers. He says, too, that the Germans fought extremely well, so long as they could keep far enough back to use their machine gins; but their courage melted away whenever they got into a mix-up of rifles, revolvers, hand grenades and bayonets.. What surprised the Germans most was the fact that machine gun fire Just would not keep the Americans from advancing steadily, once they had gotten underway. When the first negro troops arrived in France, they were acclaimed, by the French people, "The American Indians! The American Indians!" Young Mis8kelly was discharged from the sendee with a clean record for honorable conduct,. March 8, and is now in the employ of the Star Grocery Company, Gastonla, N. C., the position he held at the time of his enlistment. He spent Wednesday wun air. j. Stanhope Love, of Torkville. LOCAL LAC0NIC8 Sold First Thousand. The first thousand copies of Rev. J. E. Mahafltey's book, "What Alls the World," has been sold and the Mahaffey Publishers have arranged to secure 2,000 additional copies at once. Liability to Road Duty. At its recent session the general assembly amended the road law so as to provide that all males coming of age on or before June 30, shall be liable for road duty that year. Heretofore there has been confusion on the subject and the commonest holding has been that liability for service did not attach during the road working year to those who became 21 after January 1. The road working age In this county remains the same as heretofore 21 to 55. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS There is to be another meeting of the cotton growers of the state in Columbia on April 3, and It is expected that all the counties will be represented with full delegations. The competition for the annual loan of 330,000 or 340,000 with which Marlboro county, anticipates tax collections, has become so strong that one of tn 1 anH th a mun uto k/auno tiuo vu?*v%i w w w ty all the money it needs without any charge for interest, only on condition that all the county funds of the year be deposited In that bank. Florence, March 14: Lonnie Wilson, the ne^ro chauffeur, who ran down and killed Aubrey Richardson, a nine year old white boy, was acquitted of the charge of murder in sessions court today. The acciderft happened in May, 1918. At the time feeling ran* . high against the negro and there were hints of violence by the crowd which gathered on Evans street where the boy was killed. The jury concluded from the testimony that it was an unavoidable accident When he took his place In the dock Wilson .was wearing the uniform of a sailor. He has been at Parris Island and was called here for trial today. There has been great interest felt here in the case. Columbia State, Sur ay: Legal proceedings taken in Cnarleston re- , cently to secure a separation between man and wife is of some local interest as the marriage was solemnized in Columbia. It seems that a soldier stationed at Camp Jackson secured a marriage license and was married in the county court house on July 13, 1918. Later he applied before the master of Charleston county for the marriage to be annulled. The case was heard and the contracting parties freed from their nuptial ties. Legal separation is easy in South Carolina according to the report of the proceedings. G. D. Bellinger, judge of probate, said yesterday that no one had inspected the license to ascertain if the handwriting appeared to be that of a man laboring in a half conscious condition or stupor. The instrument was not used In the hearing and the official who conducted the ceremony not summoned to testify. The judge of probate did not perform the cere- % mony as the record shows. The soldier applied for separation on the ground that he was doped while out riding in an automobile and when he regained possession of his mental faculties he was being introduced as the husband of the woman he had taken to ride. ^ After discoveries led him to seek separation. Just what evidence was introduced at the hearing at Charleston I-. unnwn hut it is plainly evident that the office of the judge of probate where the marriage license was issued on July 13, 1918, was not considered in the proceedings, neither was any testimony sought from the officiating notary public. The license issued to Sidney Prager and Lois V. Huggins, the parties named in the Charleston case was examined by Mr. Bellinger yesterday afternoon and the signa- ^ tures by the man and woman are neat and legible. Secretary Daniel* Sail* for Europe. Secretary Daniels/and a party of naval experts sailed from New York for Prance Saturday on the transport 0 Leviathan to study naval and aviation problems. They will visit Great Britain and Italy also and will be absent until May 1. The secretary was acr companied by Mrs. Daniels. An army guard of honor, an army band, Vice Admiral Albert Gleaves, representing the navy; Major David R. Shanks and Brigadier General George McManus, representing the army, and Admiral Grout, of the French navy, met the secretary and his party when they arrived at the pier, and a naval guard of honor and naval band "piped" them on board, the ceremonies corresponding with those accorded President Wilson on his first trip to France. The Leviathan fired a 19-gun salute as she started on her voyage at 4:30 p. m., flying the secretary's flag. "We are going to Europe to study naval and aviation problems which have been brought about or made pos " rtnnloln sible by tne war, atuu iut. before sailing. "Wc are going to pay particular attention to types of capital ships and aviation." * As the transport was being warped away from the pier, a sailor appeared at an open port, and, grasping a dock 4r rope, swung himself ashore, while his comrades called good-byes. It developed that the youth, a member of the crew whose assignment to an officers' training school had been disapproved by the bureau of navigation, 1 "oon norsnnollv before nan lunvru Uio Secretary Daniels aboard the liner. The secretary had approved the transfer, the sailor said, and, having no m nind for another passage on the Levlithan, he made his dash for shore. He proudly exhibited the document, signed by the secretary. As the Leviathan passed the narrows, at 5:30 p. m., the U. S. S. Am[shitrlte fired a salute of 19 guns in A honor of Secretary Daniels. Several ^ 'eaplanes and a dirigible balloon ac:ompanied the liner a short distance jut to 6ea.